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Definition of Chuddars
1. chuddar [n] - See also: chuddar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chuddars
Literary usage of Chuddars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1872)
"Cynical critics have long complained that our Calcutta system of education only
produced clever automatons,— “books in chuddars” used to be the favourite ..."
2. Report of the Centenary Conference on the Protestant Missions of the World by James Johnston, Samuel Macauley Jackson (1889)
"... frightened creatures would throw themselves flat on the floor of the apartment
and cover their heads with their chuddars until the infidel had passed. ..."
3. Transactions of the National Council of Women of the United States by Rachel (Foster) Avery (1891)
"... draw the shy creatures \ their chuddars and reserve, and so soon as they become
familiar sound of their voices they evidently enjoy it. ..."
4. Picturesque India: A Handbook for European Travellers by William Sproston Caine (1891)
"... as well as the distribution, of Indian artistic workmanship. Makers of enamels,
damascened work, shawls and chuddars, state umbrellas and ..."
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